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Supreme Court of the United States No. ____ In the Supreme Court of the United States NORTON SIMON MUSEUM OF ART AT PASADENA AND NORTON SIMON ART FOUNDATION, Petitioners, V. MAREI VON SAHER, Respondent. ON PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI RONALD L. OLSON GREGORY G. GARRE LUIS LI Counsel of Record FRED A. ROWLEY, JR. MAUREEN E. MAHONEY ERIC P. TUTTLE NICOLE RIES FOX MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP LATHAM & WATKINS LLP 355 South Grand Avenue 555 11th Street, NW 35th Floor Suite 1000 Los Angeles, CA 90071 Washington, DC 20004 (213) 683-9100 (202) 637-2207 [email protected] [email protected] Counsel for Petitioners QUESTION PRESENTED This Court has emphasized that courts should “proceed ‘with the circumspection appropriate when … adjudicating issues inevitably entangled in the conduct of our international relations,’” and has declined to “second-guess” the Executive’s views on foreign policy matters. Munaf v. Geren, 553 U.S. 674, 689, 702 (2008) (quoting Romero v. International Terminal Operating Co., 358 U.S. 354, 383 (1959)). This case involves an action brought under California law to recover paintings that were forcibly purchased by the Nazis in the Netherlands during World War II, recovered by U.S. forces, and returned to the Dutch government under the United States’ external restitution policy. In 2011, the Solicitor General filed an amicus brief in this case—joined by the State Department Legal Advisor—stating the Executive’s views on U.S. foreign policy concerning claims to Nazi-looted artworks recovered by U.S. forces and how that policy applies to the very transactions and artworks at issue. The district court held that allowing this action to proceed would conflict with U.S. foreign policy, as explained by the Solicitor General, and dismissed the case. In the decision below, a divided panel of the Ninth Circuit reversed. The Ninth Circuit’s decision rests on its conclusion—sharply refuted by the dissent—that the Solicitor General’s statement of the U.S. foreign policy implicated by this case was not entitled to respect because it was “not … convincing.” App. 23a. The question presented is whether the Ninth Circuit, in holding that this action should proceed, properly second-guessed and rejected the Executive Branch’s U.S. foreign policy determinations. ii RULE 29.6 STATEMENT Petitioner Norton Simon Museum of Art at Pasadena, a California nonprofit public benefit corporation, has no parent corporation. No other person or publicly held corporation owns 10% or more of the stock of the Norton Simon Museum of Art at Pasadena. Petitioner Norton Simon Art Foundation, a California nonprofit public benefit corporation, has no parent corporation. No other person or publicly held corporation owns 10% or more of the stock of the Norton Simon Art Foundation. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS Page QUESTION PRESENTED ............................................... i RULE 29.6 STATEMENT ................................................ ii TABLE OF AUTHORITIES ......................................... vii OPINIONS BELOW .......................................................... 1 JURISDICTION ................................................................. 1 INTRODUCTION .............................................................. 1 STATEMENT OF THE CASE ........................................ 5 A. U.S. Foreign Policy On Nazi-Looted Art ....... 5 B. Cranachs And Dutch Restitution Proceedings ......................................................... 8 1. Cranachs ....................................................... 8 2. 1951 Dutch Restitution Proceeding .......... 9 3. 1961 Stroganoff Restitution Claim And Sale And Transfer Of The Cranachs ....................................................... 9 4. 1998 Dutch Restitution Proceeding ........ 10 5. 2004 Dutch Restitution Proceeding ........ 11 C. This Litigation ................................................... 12 1. Dismissal Order And Initial Appeal ......................................................... 12 2. Solicitor General’s Amicus Brief And This Court’s Denial Of Certiorari .................................................... 13 3. Proceedings Below .................................... 13 iv TABLE OF CONTENTS—Continued Page REASONS FOR GRANTING THE WRIT ................. 15 I. THIS COURT HAS STRESSED THE DEFERENCE OWED TO THE EXECUTIVE ON FOREIGN POLICY MATTERS ............................................................... 16 II. AS THE DISSENT EXPLAINED, THE NINTH CIRCUIT’S DECISION DIRECTLY CONTRAVENES THIS COURT’S PRECEDENTS AND SUBSTITUTES THE COURT’S VIEWS FOR THE EXECUTIVE’S ON CLASSIC FOREIGN POLICY MATTERS ......................... 19 III. THE QUESTION PRESENTED IS IMPORTANT AND WARRANTS REVIEW .................................................................. 28 CONCLUSION ................................................................. 32 APPENDIX Opinion of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Von Saher v. Norton Simon Museum of Art at Pasadena, 754 F.3d 712 (9th Cir. 2014) ............................................. 1a Order of the United States District Court for the Central District of California Granting Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss, Von Saher v. Norton Simon Museum of Art at Pasadena, 862 F. Supp. 2d 1044 (C.D. Cal. 2012) ........................................................................... 41a v TABLE OF CONTENTS—Continued Page Order of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Amending Opinion and Denying the Petitions for Rehearing and for Rehearing En Banc, and Amended Opinion, Von Saher v. Norton Simon Museum of Art at Pasadena, 592 F.3d 954 (9th Cir. 2010) ............ 60a Order of the United States District Court for the Central District of California Granting Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim, Von Saher v. Norton Simon Museum of Art at Pasadena, No. CV 07-2866JFWJTLX, 2007 WL 4302726 (C.D. Cal. Oct 18, 2007) ............................................ 92a Order of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Granting Stay of Issuance of the Mandate Pending Application for Writ of Certiorari, Von Saher v. Norton Simon Museum of Art at Pasadena, No. 12- 55733 (9th Cir. Aug. 22, 2014) ............................... 100a Order of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Denying Rehearing, Von Saher v. Norton Simon Museum of Art at Pasadena, No. 12-55733 (9th Cir. Aug. 14, 2014) ......................................................................... 101a Brief for the United States, Von Saher v. Norton Simon Museum of Art at Pasadena, No. 09-1254 (U.S. May 27, 2011) ........................... 103a vi TABLE OF CONTENTS—Continued Page Decision of the Court of Appeals of The Hague, Amsterdams Negotiatie Campagnie N.V. v. Von Saher-Langenbein et al., No. 98/298 (Dec. 16, 1999) ......................................................... 127a Recommendation of the State Secretary for Culture, Education and Science, Regarding the Application by Amsterdamse Negotiatie Compagnie NV in Liquidation for the Restitution of 267 Works of Art from the Dutch National Art Collection, Case No. RC 1.15 (Dec. 2005) ................................................ 145a vii TABLE OF AUTHORITIES Page(s) CASES Alfred Dunhill of London, Inc. v. Republic of Cuba, 425 U.S. 682 (1976) ...................................................... 21 American Insurance Ass’n v. Garamendi, 539 U.S. 396 (2003) ...................................... 4, 16, 21, 28 Banco Nacional de Cuba v. First National City Bank, 431 F.2d 394 (2d Cir. 1970) ......................................... 18 Banco Nacional de Cuba v. First National City Bank, 442 F.2d 530 (2d Cir. 1971) ......................................... 18 Chicago & Southern Air Lines v. Waterman Steamship Corp., 333 U.S. 103 (1948) ................................................ 21, 22 Container Corp. of America v. Franchise Tax Board, 463 U.S. 159 (1983) ...................................................... 17 Corrie v. Caterpillar, Inc., 503 F.3d 974 (9th Cir. 2007) ....................................... 29 Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council, 530 U.S. 363 (2000) ................................................ 16, 29 De Los Santos Mora v. New York, 524 F.3d 183 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 555 U.S. 943 (2008) ............................................................. 19 viii TABLE OF AUTHORITIES—Continued Page(s) Ex parte Republic of Peru, 318 U.S. 578 (1943) ...................................................... 17 Fifth Third Bancorp v. Dudenhoeffer, 134 S. Ct. 2459 (2014) .................................................. 31 First National City Bank v. Banco Nacional de Cuba, 400 U.S. 1019 (1971) .............................................. 18, 20 First National City Bank v. Banco Nacional de Cuba, 406 U.S. 759 (1972) .............................. 17, 19, 20, 30, 31 Haig v. Agee, 453 U.S. 280 (1981) ...................................................... 17 Harisiades v. Shaughnessy, 342 U.S. 580 (1952) ...................................................... 17 Jama v. Immigration & Customs Enforcement, 543 U.S. 335 (2005) ...................................................... 16 Japan Whaling Ass’n v. American Cetacean Society, 478 U.S. 221 (1986) ...................................................... 17 Martinez v. Ryan, 132 S. Ct. 1309 (2012) .................................................. 28 Munaf v. Geren, 553 U.S. 674 (2008) ............................................
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